Bruce E. Bowers
specializing in public affairs counsel.
Prior to joining Balch & Bingham, Bowers spent six years at Beaulieu
of America, Inc., the world’s largest family-owned carpet
manufacturer, with revenues of $2 billion. Bowers joined the company
in 1996 as General Counsel. In addition to managing the legal matters
of the company and its family-owners, Bowers was responsible for
managing other family investments, including their extensive real
estate holdings.
Adding to his duties as General Counsel, in 1999, Bowers was named
Executive Vice President, Administration. In this position, Bowers was
responsible for Beaulieu's human resources department which
managed the company's 12,500 employees located in 12 countries
and 50 states. Bowers was also responsible for managing the
company's benefits planning, risk management, compliance, safety,
training and public affairs departments.
Bruce graduated with highest honors from the University of Georgia in
1987, where he earned a B.S. in political science. He received a J.D. in
1991 from Emory University where he was the King & Spalding Fellow.
Upon graduation from law school, Bruce practiced with the Atlanta
firm of Long, Aldridge & Norman where he specialized in mergers and
acquisitions, securities and other transactional matters. In 1994,
Bruce joined the Atlanta office of Stephens Inc., a privately-held
investment banking firm where he was an investment banker
specializing in public finance and securities matters.
Bruce and his wife, Deena, have two children and reside in Marietta,
Georgia.
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